MARIONETTE CARVING WORKSHOP – 5 DAYS

MARIONETTE CARVING WORKSHOP

FOR 5 DAYS

We recommend join the workshop with your own idea, design or character of the puppet which you would like to make.

The best to consult puppet design via the email before the workshop starts.

In course of this workshop, each participant will – under Pavel´s supervision and with his assistance – carve out the head, hands and feet of their own wooden marionette, attach those pieces to the body and dress the marionette up in its costume. The body and the costume will be prefabricated in our workshop according to your specific requirements.

Workshop Schedule:

Production of a 40 -50 cm marionette with or without textile costume (accessories) – head, hands and feet carved from the linden wood.
Workshop takes 5 days
Students will work from 10 am to 6 pm, having 1 hour lunch break

Maximum number of students:4

1st Day

Preparation of visual design (technical drawing)

Machine material preparation

Start on carving the marionette head

2nd Day

Head puppet completion

Body preparation

3rd Day

Start on carving a marionette hands and legs

4th Day

Finishing hands and legs

Marionette painting

5th Day

Marionette assembly

Technique of stringing puppet

Marionette completion

Puppetry lesson

Workshop fee:

18.000 CZK per person

Every participant will obtain a certificate of successful completion of a course.The price of the workshop includes a ticket for Don Giovanni performance at the National Marionette Theatre plus a tour of a private historical marionette collection.Both events will be arranged according to student´s time options.

Language:

The workshop is taught in English

What else do you get? Additional rich experience and an advice in the field of puppetry.